It was a really cool experiment. We had three actors (Kristin Beckett, David Serra and myself) and three crew people (Jen Locke, Sara Jackson and Walter Seibert), each scene was set up just a few moments before the camera rolled, and the dialog was fully improvised...
By the time we finished principal photography around 4pm on Sunday afternoon, we were all pretty zonked, but also I think we all walked away thinking we had gone well beyond what we thought we'd achieve. It was interesting making something in a more exploratory mode, rather than pre-planned from a script. I'd say the project morphed at least three major times, from one "genre" to another, and in the end it will be interesting to see what it wants to be edited into...
This project marks our first collaboration with Greg McIntosh, local musician-extraordinaire and guitarist for the Great Lakes Myth Society, one of this country's finest bands. Greg will be composing the music for this sucker, and I could not be happier about it.
It was also interesting for me, being on the proverbial "other side of the camera" for once, and having an immersion into what actors have to do and think about, etc. I'm now in even more awe of Kristin and David and Tom and all the other good folk we work with. That stuff is pretty exhausting. If you know any actors, I suggest patting them on the head and buying them a lemonade...
Since this project is in its infancy, we'll avoid giving much detail away as to the plot, etc., and leave you with a few photos from the shoot, taken by Walter. We'll post some more pictures a bit later...
Actors, ahoy!
Jen on the Camera!
Into the Wilderness We Go!
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